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Havas is starting a social-media-oriented shop in China called Socialistic China. Havas has lured the CEO of WPP's Wunderman in the U.K., Brendan Tansey, to run the shop; he was formerly the CEO of Havas' Euro RSCG Australia. China's "more collective mindset will generate the next wave of the social revolution with platforms like WeChat and Weibo. ... Combine that with what's happening economically and the speed of brand evolution and there could be no more exciting place to build a social agency right now," says Tansey.

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WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather, working with sibling media shop Maxus, has won the global marketing services business for UPS. Finalists were WPP's JWT and Young & Rubicam, which both paired up with sibling Mindshare for media, and Havas' Euro RSCG, with sibling MPG. Interpublic Group's The Martin Agency, for the U.S., and McCann Erickson, London, for global, have been handling the account.

Havas Worldwide is the new umbrella unit for the holding company's creative shops, including Euro RSCG and Arnold. The new entity is being led by David Jones, CEO of Euro RSCG, who is now supervising all of Havas' digital, design and marketing agencies.

Havas Worldwide is the new umbrella unit for the holding company's creative shops, including Euro RSCG and Arnold. The new entity is being led by David Jones, CEO of Euro RSCG, who is now supervising all of Havas' digital, design and marketing agencies.

Havas Worldwide is the new umbrella unit for the holding company's creative shops, including Euro RSCG and Arnold. The new entity is being led by David Jones, CEO of Euro RSCG, who is now supervising all of Havas' digital, design and marketing agencies.